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Sir Tom said: “Detective work is much more stressful in many respects than being a response officer or a neighbourhood policing officer.

“If you are on response, if you’re dealing with 999 calls, than in the main at the end of your shift you take nothing home.

“Detectives do take the problems home, they take the problems of the investigation and of course the risks that they carry if they make a mistake and they miss something.

“That’s something they take home too.”

Police officers in North Wales have taken to Twitter using #itookhome to voice their disgust over the comments and share some of the horrific experiences they have endured that remain imprinted into their memory.

They include officers having to tell families that loved ones have died and dealing with fatal fires.